Overview

• Seven-year-old Bonnie Haydon died on August 29 at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children after years of living with asthma.
• Her mother, Tasmine Nichols, says clinicians at Derriford Hospital declined her August 10 request to increase Bonnie’s inhaler and medication.
• Nichols reports that Bonnie appeared energetic in hospital on August 25 before being placed in a medically induced coma on August 26.
• According to the mother, scans on August 27 and 28 showed no brain activity, after which life support was withdrawn the next day.
• Reporters say they have sought comment from University Hospitals Plymouth and did not receive immediate responses, and a family friend launched a GoFundMe for funeral costs.